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  1. In February, Bangladesh elected a new Prime Minister bringing democracy back to a country that has had a military-backed caretaker for how long? (Newsweek 2/2/2009)
  2. Somalia is a country in crisis. How many years has the country been without a functioning government? (Newsweek 2/2/2009)
  3. A new book ‘The Age of Anxiety’ is a history of America’s turbulent affair with tranquilisers. Despite little there was one tranquiliser that became the fastest-drug in US history. What was it called? (Newsweek 2/2/2009)
  4. The next generation Maserati Quattroporte S has a 425hp, 4.7-litre, V-8 engine. What is its price tag? (Newsweek 9/2/2009)
  5. Google has partnered with Madrid’s Prado to show masterpieces of art in the kind of detail you would never see in the gallery. How many artworks are available to view? (Newsweek 9/2/2009)
  6. A crumbling job market for college graduates threatens the centrepiece for China’s hopes of prosperity. As 2008 wound down, how many new graduates were still jobless? (Newsweek 16/2/2009)
  7. Which European country has a city that has banned new ethnic eateries in its city centre, claiming it will preserve ‘traditional and cultural identity’? (Newsweek 16/2/2009)
  8. The world’s first truly successful organ transplant - of corneas - took place in what year? (Newsweek 16/2/2009)
  9. What proportion of the world’s people could find themselves in a ‘vulnerable employment situation’ (meaning out of work or reduced to part-time jobs) in 2009? (Newsweek 16/2/2009)
  10. South Africa is suffering mass emigration at a pace consistent with the advent of ‘widespread disease or large scale civil conflict’. Fear of crime is the primary driver for this. How many killings are there per day in South Africa? (Newsweek 23/2/2009)

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